America The Beautiful chords by Traditional

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

America the Beautiful

Text by Katharine L. Bates, 1859 - 1929
Music: MATERNA; Samuel A. Ward, 1848 - 1903

Official Music Sheet: https://www.ocp.org/en-us/songs/118?p=90246


Intro:
A  A7  D    A    D  E7  A

Verse 1:
A               E
O beautiful for spacious skies,
    E7             A    E7
For amber waves of grain,
    A               E
For purple mountain majesties
 B7                E   E7
Above the fruited plain!
 A        Bm   E
America! America!
    E7                A   A7
God shed his grace on thee,
    D                   A
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
     D      E7      A
from sea to shining sea!


Verse 2:
A               E
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
       E7                A    E7
Whose stern, impassioned stress
  A               E
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
 B7              E   E7
Across the wilderness!
 A        Bm   E
America! America!
    E7               A   A7
God mend thine every flaw,
   D                A
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
    D    E7    A
Thy liberty in law!


Verse 3:
A               E
O beautiful for heroes proved
    E7         A    E7
In liberating strife,
    A                     E
Who more than self their country loved,
    B7              E   E7
and mercy more than life!
 A        Bm   E
America! America!
     E7            A   A7
May God thy gold refine,
     D              A
Till all success be nobleness,
    D     E7     A
and every gain divine!


Verse 4:
A               E
O beautiful for patriot dream
     E7              A    E7
That sees beyond the years
      A          E
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
   B7              E   E7
undimmed by human tears!
 A        Bm   E
America! America!
    E7                A   A7
God shed his grace on thee,
     D                   A
And crown thy good with brotherhood
     D      E7      A
From sea to shining sea!